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Jun 25 2008
PESSIMISM continues to pervade economic forecasts as a survey of business leaders published yesterday anticipated lower profits and rising unemployment....
Jun 19 2008
RATE-SETTERS at the Bank of England considered hiking interest rates this month to try to keep a lid on soaring inflation, it was revealed....
Jun 5 2008
BANK of England policymakers have decided to keep interest rates at 5% after their monthly meeting....
May 8 2008
THE Bank of England has kept interest rates unchanged at 5% after its lunchtime announcement....
May 7 2008
BANK of England policymakers will begin their two-day deliberations on interest rates today amid further signs of a falling housing market and an economic slowdown....
May 6 2008
CITY analysts believe the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee will not cut interest rates on Thursday, despite grim economic forecasts....
Apr 9 2008
PRIME Minister Gordon Brown caught the Bank of England by surprise yesterday when he said the time was right for another cut in interest rates....
Mar 6 2008
INTEREST rates have been kept on hold as inflation fears deterred Bank of England policymakers from a second rate cut in as many months....
Mar 5 2008
INTEREST rates are once again the focus of the markets as they wait to see what action the Bank of England’s Monetary Policy Committee takes when it makes its latest announcement at noon tomorrow....
Mar 3 2008
The Bank of England is widely expected to resist making a back-to-back interest rate cut this week amid a host of inflationary worries....